discommend
[ dis-kuh-mend ]
/ ˌdɪs kəˈmɛnd /
verb (used with object)
to express disapproval of; belittle; disparage. The diners discommended the wine.
to bring into disfavor: He was discommended for his negligence.
OTHER WORDS FROM discommend
dis·com·mend·er, nounWords nearby discommend
discombobulate,
discomfit,
discomfiture,
discomfort,
discomfortable,
discommend,
discommode,
discommodity,
discommon,
discompose,
discomposure
Example sentences from the Web for discommend
Discommend a boy, and you discourage him; but commend him, and it will spur him on.
The Proverbs of Scotland |Alexander HislopThere is, I suppose, hardly a book which one ought to discommend to the young person more than La Religieuse.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 |George Saintsbury
British Dictionary definitions for discommend
discommend
/ (ˌdɪskəˈmɛnd) /
verb (tr)
rare
to express disapproval of
obsolete
to bring into disfavour